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I will try and do it in a shorter time. I am also troubled by Judge Roberts refusal to distance himself from his past criticism of the very important Supreme Court decision Plyler v. Doe that held that the basic principle of equal protection requires all schoolage children to have the same access to public education. including the children of undocumented immigrants. In a very real sense. the Plyler decision is as important to the children of undocumented workers as the Brown decision is to AfricanAmerican children. Yet Judge Roberts strongly criticized the decision. On the day the case was decided. he coauthored a memo criticizing the Solicitor Generals office for failing to file a brief. arguing that these children could be denied public education.